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I’ve got ewe under my skein
As Orkney International Science Festival approaches next week I’ve had to kick my butt into gear. I’m involved with 2 events: Sheep on...
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Sian Tarrant
- Aug 22, 2020
- 3 min
The sky’s the limit
Over winter people had mentioned the dreaded summer fog that covers the island for days, no planes in or out and no sight of any sky. As...
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Sian Tarrant
- Aug 15, 2020
- 3 min
Groatie buckie hunting
Thursday was Olly’s Birthday and we had a lot of fun with a Harry Potter themed treasure hunt that I had prepared for him. It wasn’t a...
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Sian Tarrant
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
Walling at Westness
This week I have been lucky enough to have another volunteer - Robert Brewis, who is on the committees of the North Ronaldsay Sheep...
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Sian Tarrant
- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
Punding & Shearing
Wow, what an amazing month it’s been. This has been Elizabeth’s last week here and we’ve really packed it in. I hope she’s enjoyed her...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jul 25, 2020
- 6 min
A Vet Student on North Ronaldsay
By Elizabeth Stephenson One of the humbling privileges of being a vet student is the opportunity to fully immerse yourself in a community...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jul 18, 2020
- 3 min
Kayak & Creel
The summer months bring jellyfish, which I have been spotting around the coast. I find them mesmerising to watch, I could watch them for...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jul 11, 2020
- 2 min
An extra pair of hands
Time has flown by in the first week that Elizabeth, our volunteer and lodger, has been here. We have been busy in the sunshine rebuilding...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jul 4, 2020
- 3 min
My grannie minds one upright stone
We've been taking the lambs out most days for a walk... it's a bit like having dogs! This week we went to the Stan Stane, a dialect term...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jun 27, 2020
- 3 min
Woolly Jumpers
This week I was called to Howar when June discovered a group of shore sheep in her fields. Wandering past a group of alpaca,...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jun 20, 2020
- 3 min
Swimming with lambs
This week our first batch of Scots Dumpy chickens were ready to start exploring outside. We took them onto a grassy patch and let them...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jun 13, 2020
- 2 min
That's the way to keep it knapping
The lambs are getting bigger by the day - this is a great comparison of how much they've grown in 8 weeks! This week I have been...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jun 6, 2020
- 8 min
Black Lives Matter
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by U.S. police there has been a lot of momentum behind the Black Lives Matter campaign. On North...
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Sian Tarrant
- May 30, 2020
- 2 min
Ne'er cast a clout till May be out
We've certainly had some weather extremes this month - gorgeous sunshine and a still day to get the polytunnel sheet on, snowing in the...
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Sian Tarrant
- May 23, 2020
- 5 min
Grow Your Own
May has been a busy time in the garden. getting more vegetable plants into their beds (or “forever homes” as we call them!) and sowing...
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Sian Tarrant
- May 16, 2020
- 3 min
101 things to do with rhubarb
There is an abundance of rhubarb around the island. I fell in love with rhubarb’s flavour a couple of years ago, when I made rhubarb gin....
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Sian Tarrant
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
DIY Polytunnel
Olly and I had big plans to build a polytunnel this spring by upcycling materials on the island. We managed to pull together pipe,...
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Sian Tarrant
- May 7, 2020
- 3 min
6 months on North Ronaldsay
Today marks 6 months for us on North Ronaldsay. Where has the time gone? After the media “frenzy” at the beginning of the year things...
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Sian Tarrant
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
Lockdown lambs
Meet Norbert and Fang, our two North Ronaldsay lambs, named after Hagrid's pet dragon and dog in the Harry Potter books. 4 hourly feeds...
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Sian Tarrant
- Apr 16, 2020
- 4 min
Punding
Pund noun \ ˈpu̇n(d) \ 1. An enclosure in which animals are penned. English "pound". Pund verb \ ˈpu̇n(d) \ 1. Communal gathering of the...
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